WEBVTT - What If I Got It Wrong?

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, this is Stephen Ferdick.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm the pastor of Elevation Church and this is our podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>I wanted to thank you for joining us today. Hope

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<v Speaker 1>this inspires you. Hope it builds your faith.

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<v Speaker 2>Hope it gives your perspective to see God is moving

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<v Speaker 2>in your life.

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<v Speaker 1>Enjoy the message.

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<v Speaker 3>Stand up on your feet. It's freezing time.

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<v Speaker 1>Come on Columbia Riverwalk you see Toronto all of our campuses.

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<v Speaker 2>We're gonna sharing from Luke chapter seven today in our

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<v Speaker 2>fourth installment of the series. I know that voice, I

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<v Speaker 2>know a name, and I know that voice. It's been

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<v Speaker 2>my aim through the series not to teach you so

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<v Speaker 2>much systematically, like three steps to hear from God or

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<v Speaker 2>seven steps to hear from God, because I figure God

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<v Speaker 2>is way bigger than seven steps. One time in the Bible,

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<v Speaker 2>God spoke through a donkey. So I figure if we

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<v Speaker 2>start listing all the ways that God could speak, we'd be.

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<v Speaker 1>Here too long, we would miss lunch.

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<v Speaker 2>So what I'm endeavoring to do instead is just give

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<v Speaker 2>you some pictures from the Scripture of the Times when

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<v Speaker 2>the Lord spoke, and then as we paint that picture,

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<v Speaker 2>hopefully you will see specifically something that God is speaking

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<v Speaker 2>to you.

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<v Speaker 1>How many have felt God.

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<v Speaker 2>Speaking to you in the last few weeks as we've

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<v Speaker 2>been journeying through.

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<v Speaker 1>His word together. Now, in Luke chapter seven, I'm going.

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<v Speaker 2>To read two stories. The first one I'm not going

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<v Speaker 2>to preach on, but it will be so helpful for

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<v Speaker 2>us to understand. The second one in Luke chapter seven,

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<v Speaker 2>verse eleven.

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<v Speaker 1>Luke seven eleven.

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<v Speaker 2>That was easy for me to remember where to start today,

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<v Speaker 2>the Bible says. Soon afterward, Jesus went to a town

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<v Speaker 2>called Nane after his disciples, and a large crowd went

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<v Speaker 2>along with him. As he approached the town gate, a

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<v Speaker 2>dead person was being carried out, the only son of

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<v Speaker 2>his mother, and she was a widow, and a large

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<v Speaker 2>crowd from the town was with her.

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<v Speaker 1>Saw her.

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<v Speaker 2>His heart went out to her, and he said, don't cry.

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<v Speaker 2>Then he went up and touched the beer they were

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<v Speaker 2>carrying him on, and.

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<v Speaker 1>The bearers stood still.

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<v Speaker 2>He said, young man, I say to you, get up

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<v Speaker 2>and watch this verse fifteen. The dead man sat up.

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<v Speaker 2>Even a body that isn't breathing knows that voice, I said,

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<v Speaker 2>Even a body that has ceased breathing knows that voice.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't even have a pulse, but I know that voice

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<v Speaker 2>being carried out of the gate. And then the Bible

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<v Speaker 2>says he sat up and began to talk, and Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>was talking. And then he was talking, and Jesus gave

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<v Speaker 2>him back to his mother. They were all filled with

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<v Speaker 2>awe and praised God. A great prophet has appeared among us,

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<v Speaker 2>They said, God has come to help his people. This

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<v Speaker 2>news about Jesus spread throughout Judea and the surrounding country.

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<v Speaker 2>Remember that isn't the story I want to preach about.

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<v Speaker 2>Here's what I want to talk about today. Verse eighteen.

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<v Speaker 2>John's disciples told him about all these things. Calling two

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<v Speaker 2>of them, he sent them to the Lord to ask,

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<v Speaker 2>are you the one who is to come? Or should

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<v Speaker 2>we expect someone else? What kind of crazy question is that?

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<v Speaker 1>You just heard that he.

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<v Speaker 2>Raised somebody from the dead and you want to know

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<v Speaker 2>are you really who you claim to be?

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<v Speaker 1>Crazy?

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<v Speaker 2>What kind of crazy question to ask from John of

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<v Speaker 2>all people, John the Baptist. I can understand Mark the Methodist,

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<v Speaker 2>Earnie the Episcopalian, But this is John the Baptist talking

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<v Speaker 2>about are you the one? Or should we expect someone else?

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<v Speaker 2>Verse twenty. Is funny to me when the men that

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<v Speaker 2>John sent. When they came to Jesus, they said, John

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<v Speaker 2>the Baptist sent us to.

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<v Speaker 1>Ask you get it? Are you the one? Like we

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<v Speaker 1>totally believe?

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<v Speaker 2>But John just wanted to know. John just wanted to know.

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<v Speaker 2>Are you the one who is to come? Or should

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<v Speaker 2>we expect someone else? At that very time, Jesus cured

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<v Speaker 2>many who had diseases, sicknesses, and evil spirits, and gave

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<v Speaker 2>sight to many who were blind. So he replied to

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<v Speaker 2>the messengers, go back and report to John what you

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<v Speaker 2>have seen and heard. The blind received site the lame walk,

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<v Speaker 2>those who have leprosy are cleansed the death. Here the

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<v Speaker 2>dead are raised, and the good news is proclaimed to

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<v Speaker 2>the poor. Blessed is anyone who does not stumble on

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<v Speaker 2>account of me. We're going to go back to that

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<v Speaker 2>verse nineteen for our message today. Are you the one

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<v Speaker 2>who is to come? Or should we expect someone else?

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<v Speaker 2>The title of my message today is a question, what

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<v Speaker 2>if I got it wrong?

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<v Speaker 1>You ever wondered that before? What if I got it wrong?

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<v Speaker 2>I know you can't nod too much because you came

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<v Speaker 2>to church with them, But what if.

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<v Speaker 1>And you drove to church in it and the salesman

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<v Speaker 1>told you it was a good deal. But what if

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<v Speaker 1>I got it wrong. We're going to talk about it today. Father.

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<v Speaker 2>I know what you spoke to me, but I asked God,

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<v Speaker 2>would you use me to speak it to them? I

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<v Speaker 2>would be so honored if you would use me.

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<v Speaker 1>Lord.

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<v Speaker 2>So here's my voice box, here's my mind. Everything I

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<v Speaker 2>got is yours. Lord, use me in their life, because

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<v Speaker 2>you know what they need. In Jesus' name, Amen, you

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<v Speaker 2>may be seated. Since my oldest son, Elijah has been

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<v Speaker 2>home now from college for a year, we can reminisce

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<v Speaker 2>on when we went to college without having too much trauma,

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<v Speaker 2>and when he went to college. I had this very

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<v Speaker 2>vivid memory of me sitting in the passenger seat as

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<v Speaker 2>we drove to Lynchburg, Virginia, where I was going to

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<v Speaker 2>drop him off at college. I don't know if anybody

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<v Speaker 2>in this room today is going to college over the

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<v Speaker 2>next few days or the next few weeks, or if

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<v Speaker 2>he planned to go to college at a future time

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<v Speaker 2>in your life. I don't know if anybody in this

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<v Speaker 2>room is questioning that decision or not.

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<v Speaker 1>But I could just feel how heavy he was.

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<v Speaker 2>As Charlotte got farther and farther behind, and Lynchburg got

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<v Speaker 2>closer and closer.

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<v Speaker 1>He was thinking, what if I got it wrong.

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<v Speaker 2>I could tell, not by anything he said. I could

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<v Speaker 2>just tell by how quiet he got. I mean, first

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<v Speaker 2>I was playing John Mayer in the car to try

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<v Speaker 2>to cheer him up. Then I even switched over and

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<v Speaker 2>played some music that I hated. I even resorted to

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<v Speaker 2>playing his playlist in the car. But I still couldn't

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<v Speaker 2>get him to smile. And I could tell what he

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<v Speaker 2>was thinking. I'd never been this far away from home

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<v Speaker 2>for I tried to make the best decision that I could.

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<v Speaker 2>I know it's a good school, and I'm going there,

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<v Speaker 2>and I know my girlfriend is going to be there,

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<v Speaker 2>and the best I can un vote what if I

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<v Speaker 2>got what if this is terrible? What if I make

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<v Speaker 2>no friends?

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<v Speaker 1>Now? The interesting thing about that is, and of course

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<v Speaker 1>that he was thinking that. Of course you.

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<v Speaker 2>Think that when you're going off to college, leaving home

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<v Speaker 2>for the first time. What he didn't know is that

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<v Speaker 2>I was in the see thinking the same thing right

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<v Speaker 2>next to him, Not what if you got it wrong?

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<v Speaker 2>Not what if you shouldn't go to college here? Because

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<v Speaker 2>to me, I'm just like, then we'll drop out. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>this is not life or death. I hope we got

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<v Speaker 2>it right, but we can we can fix that. What

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<v Speaker 2>I was thinking more about is like, what if I

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<v Speaker 2>got it wrong raising you? Like what if I didn't

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<v Speaker 2>do enough? What I did the best I could as

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<v Speaker 2>a dad. But this is my test run.

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<v Speaker 1>You are my lab rat. What if I got it wrong?

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<v Speaker 1>I firmly believe that when you have your first.

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<v Speaker 2>Child, you should set up not only a college fund,

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<v Speaker 2>but a therapy fund for all the mistakes that you

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<v Speaker 2>will make on them.

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<v Speaker 1>That you will correct before you raise the other kids.

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<v Speaker 2>So your firstborn gets an extra savings account. And I'm

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<v Speaker 2>thinking in the passenger seat, did I do it right?

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, I did the best job I could as

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<v Speaker 2>a dad. I tried to be at every baseball game.

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<v Speaker 2>I tried not to push him too hard. But did

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<v Speaker 2>I push him hard enough? What if I got it wrong?

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<v Speaker 2>What if I coddled him too much? What if I

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<v Speaker 2>didn't comfort him enough? What if I was too soft?

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<v Speaker 2>What if I was too strict? It's this ping pong

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<v Speaker 2>possibilities and potentials of pain that I might have caused him,

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<v Speaker 2>and mistakes that I may have made that I may

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<v Speaker 2>not even be aware of even doing my best. What

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<v Speaker 2>if I got it wrong Because this is my first rodeo,

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<v Speaker 2>I have no idea how to raise one up, and

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<v Speaker 2>I have no idea how to send one off. And

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<v Speaker 2>I have never shipped this product into the world before.

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<v Speaker 1>So what if I traumatize you and didn't know it.

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<v Speaker 2>What if your friends one day in college are going fishing,

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<v Speaker 2>and because I never taught you to fish, you.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't have any friends.

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<v Speaker 2>And what if because you don't have any friends, you

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<v Speaker 2>lock yourself in your dorm room and refuse to eat.

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<v Speaker 2>And what if they call me and say you've got to.

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<v Speaker 1>Come get your son. Your mind can spiral pretty quickly.

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm being silly, but not by much, because once

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<v Speaker 2>this question starts in your mind, you know.

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<v Speaker 1>Exactly what I'm talking about. What if I got it wrong?

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<v Speaker 2>What if I started the business thinking I was stepping

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<v Speaker 2>out on faith but.

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<v Speaker 1>It was really foolishness.

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<v Speaker 2>The ones that really get you on the inside aren't

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<v Speaker 2>just What if I got it wrong and it's going

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<v Speaker 2>to cost me? But what if I got it wrong

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm dragging others along in the wake of my decision,

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<v Speaker 2>and I just thought I was kind of poetic, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>with somebody maybe watching this go into college, or maybe

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<v Speaker 2>sending somebody off to college, or maybe getting married or

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<v Speaker 2>just got miss married, or just got pregnant, or just

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<v Speaker 2>welcome to third child into the world, or just bought

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<v Speaker 2>a new house, or just downsized or just upsized or

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<v Speaker 2>just right sized. Man, I.

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<v Speaker 1>Think we could afford. But what if I got it wrong?

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<v Speaker 2>Because there is no Bible verse that tells me how

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<v Speaker 2>much my monthly payment should be. There's Dave Ramsey, and

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<v Speaker 2>he's kind of a prophet, but I didn't find the

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<v Speaker 2>exact verse to tell.

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<v Speaker 1>Me the specificity of the decision.

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<v Speaker 2>So you've got Elijah driving to college going what if

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<v Speaker 2>I got it wrong? And me sitting next to him

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<v Speaker 2>going what if I got it wrong? And he's going

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<v Speaker 2>what if I'm not ready? And I'm sitting next to

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<v Speaker 2>him going what if you're not ready? Because I think

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<v Speaker 2>it was my job to get you ready? But how

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<v Speaker 2>do I know if you're ready? Because I've never done

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<v Speaker 2>this before. How many feel this in an area of

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<v Speaker 2>your life?

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<v Speaker 1>Right now? Come on, I'm.

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<v Speaker 2>Sharing my personal baggage up.

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<v Speaker 1>Here with y'all. I could use a little backup.

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<v Speaker 2>What if I got it I thought I was supposed

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<v Speaker 2>to quit that job in faith, to step out for

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<v Speaker 2>something new, but they haven't exactly been lining up with

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<v Speaker 2>offers from other jobs.

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<v Speaker 1>What if I got it wrong?

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<v Speaker 2>What if I just quit because I was frustrated, not

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<v Speaker 2>because I had faith. What if I got it wrong.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a humble question. Some people think that you should

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<v Speaker 2>never ask that question. You should always be confident. And

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<v Speaker 2>those people are confidently wrong. Even when they are wrong,

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<v Speaker 2>they are never in doubt. And by the way, most

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<v Speaker 2>of the sermons that I've heard in church about doubt

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<v Speaker 2>only have one point. You. Ready write this down. We're

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<v Speaker 2>going to talk about doubt today. Ready write this down.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't don't do it. The Bible says, don't do it.

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<v Speaker 2>God's been good to you.

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<v Speaker 1>How could you doubt him? Now? You can't make me

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<v Speaker 1>doubt him. I know too much about him. That rhymes,

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<v Speaker 1>but it's not very real.

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<v Speaker 2>Because if you never have any questions about the God

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<v Speaker 2>you encounter in the pages of scripture, you are cherry picking.

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<v Speaker 2>There's some stuff in here that will spin you around

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<v Speaker 2>so quick. You'll be so busy talking about did I

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<v Speaker 2>really just read that?

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<v Speaker 1>Did that really just say that? Can I really do

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<v Speaker 1>that can. I really believe that.

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<v Speaker 2>In the scripture that I read you in Luke chapter seven,

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<v Speaker 2>it's interesting because the person who is doubting is not

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<v Speaker 2>one of.

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<v Speaker 1>The twelve Disciples.

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<v Speaker 2>Instead, we find a person who actually had a job

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<v Speaker 2>that proceeded and in some ways was priority above the

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<v Speaker 2>twelve disciples. See the twelve Disciples that you read about, Matthew, Luke.

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<v Speaker 1>You know all these guys that you read about, Peter

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<v Speaker 1>and Andrew. Those guys read about, they follow Jesus.

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<v Speaker 2>This character came before Jesus. In fact, the Bible calls

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<v Speaker 2>him a voice in the wilderness we're talking about.

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<v Speaker 1>I know that.

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<v Speaker 2>Voice before the voice of Jesus spoke. The voice of

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<v Speaker 2>John spoke. And here's what he said.

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<v Speaker 1>Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight the crooked path.

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<v Speaker 2>In fulfillment of Isaiah's prophecy. He came declaring repent for

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<v Speaker 2>the Kingdom of God is at hand.

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<v Speaker 1>That was John. It was John.

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<v Speaker 2>You may remember who baptized Jesus in the Jordan River.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh yeah. John's voice was powerful.

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<v Speaker 2>He would stand out and preach with no microphone, no

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<v Speaker 2>pa system, no screens, support. Nobody really to give him

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<v Speaker 2>an amen, because what he was preaching was so controversial

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<v Speaker 2>it challenged their lifestyle. And as he preached repent for

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<v Speaker 2>the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand, the people would

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<v Speaker 2>stream out into the wilderness, into the desert to be

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<v Speaker 2>baptized by John. Imagine his shock when Jesus, the one

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<v Speaker 2>who his voice was meant to herald into the earth

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<v Speaker 2>as a human, when Jesus showed up to be baptized

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<v Speaker 2>by John. Let's look at that for a moment in

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<v Speaker 2>Matthew chapter three, before we go any further. When Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>came to be baptized by John, he was already busy

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<v Speaker 2>baptizing others. And in Matthew three, verse eleven, John said,

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<v Speaker 2>I baptize.

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<v Speaker 1>You with water for repentance.

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<v Speaker 2>But after me comes one who is more powerful than I,

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<v Speaker 2>whose sandals I am not worthy to carry.

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<v Speaker 1>He talking about Jesus.

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<v Speaker 2>Will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. His

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<v Speaker 2>winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear

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<v Speaker 2>his threshing floor, gathering his wheat into the barn and

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<v Speaker 2>burning up the chap with unquenchable fire. Then Jesus came

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<v Speaker 2>from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John.

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<v Speaker 2>How can he who had no sin be washed in

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<v Speaker 2>the water for the remis of sin. That's what John

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<v Speaker 2>is wondering. But John tried to deter him verse fourteen,

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<v Speaker 2>saying I need to be baptized by you, and do

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<v Speaker 2>you come to me.

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<v Speaker 1>Jesus replied, let it be so.

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<v Speaker 2>Now it is proper for us to do this to

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<v Speaker 2>fulfill all righteousness. Jesus was not being baptized.

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<v Speaker 1>So that his sin could be washed away. He was

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<v Speaker 1>being baptized so that yours could.

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<v Speaker 2>In other words, he's perfectly fulfilling all of the righteous

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<v Speaker 2>requirements because he knows that we can't. Then John consented,

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<v Speaker 2>and as soon verse sixteen, as Jesus was baptized, he

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<v Speaker 2>went up out of the water. At that moment, heaven

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<v Speaker 2>was open. At that moment, Heaven was open, and he

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<v Speaker 2>saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and

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<v Speaker 2>alighting on him, and a voice, a voice from heaven,

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<v Speaker 2>the voice of the Father from heaven with the Holy Spirit,

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<v Speaker 2>a lighting.

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<v Speaker 1>A voice from heaven.

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<v Speaker 2>Said this, Jesus, this is my son whom I.

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<v Speaker 1>Love with him, I am well pleased. John heard it.

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<v Speaker 1>John heard it in the Jordan.

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<v Speaker 2>He heard the affirmation, I mean you talk about confirmation.

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<v Speaker 1>Affirmation knowing it's.

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<v Speaker 2>God, John heard a voice from heaven saying this is

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<v Speaker 2>the one.

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<v Speaker 1>So how In Luke chapter.

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<v Speaker 2>Seven, verse eighteen and nineteen is John calling his disciples. Remember,

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<v Speaker 2>John sent his disciples away to follow Jesus.

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<v Speaker 1>When he saw Jesus.

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<v Speaker 2>He said, look, the lamb of God who takes away

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<v Speaker 2>the sin of the world. I'm not worthy to carry

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<v Speaker 2>his sneakers. I can't carry his flip flops. Follow him,

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<v Speaker 2>and they did so. Not only was John certain, but

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<v Speaker 2>he was sacrificial. He gave up the ministry that he

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<v Speaker 2>had so that Jesus could have the ministry that he couldn't.

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<v Speaker 2>The Bible says that John calls two of his disciples

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<v Speaker 2>and sent them to ask the Lord, are you the

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<v Speaker 2>one who is to come?

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<v Speaker 1>Or should we expect someone else.

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<v Speaker 2>I could understand this question if he had just received

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<v Speaker 2>reports that Jesus was taking long naps and teaching boring lectures.

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<v Speaker 2>But remember what we read right before this.

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<v Speaker 1>The disciples just saw Jesus raise a boy from the dead. John,

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<v Speaker 1>it was amazing.

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus walked right up to his beer and touched it.

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<v Speaker 2>And when he touched the stretcher, he said get out,

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<v Speaker 2>and the kid just sat up and Jesus handed him

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<v Speaker 2>back to it.

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<v Speaker 1>Jesus just ruined a funeral.

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<v Speaker 2>John, They were having a perfectly good funeral. They were

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<v Speaker 2>about to bury that boy, and Jesus said, you won't

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<v Speaker 2>need this great plot today.

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<v Speaker 1>You can save for later. But not today.

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<v Speaker 2>Tell somebody, not today, not today, Not today, Not today,

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<v Speaker 2>Because when Jesus speaks, resurrection happens because dead things come alive.

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<v Speaker 1>Dead things come alive. I know a name, I know

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<v Speaker 1>a name. I know a name, I.

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<v Speaker 4>Know a name.

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<v Speaker 1>I can do a run.

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<v Speaker 2>I know a name that if he speaks to a grave,

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<v Speaker 2>it'll be empty by the time he gets dounned saying it.

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<v Speaker 2>That's what I'm talking about. He just raised somebody from

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<v Speaker 2>the grave. And John said, that's interesting. Go ask him,

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<v Speaker 2>are you the one?

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<v Speaker 1>So?

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<v Speaker 2>Do you understand my confusion at the text. How can

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<v Speaker 2>he be so confused when Jesus's identity is so clear.

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<v Speaker 2>This is where I'm glad that we have four gospel

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<v Speaker 2>accounts Matthew, Mark, Luke.

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<v Speaker 1>And John. John. Wasn't written by John the Baptist.

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<v Speaker 2>It was written by the humble Disciple, the one who

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<v Speaker 2>said he was the one Jesus loved. Luke, of course,

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<v Speaker 2>was written by a physician who also wrote the Book

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<v Speaker 2>of Acts. Mark was written as an action gospel from

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<v Speaker 2>Simon Peter's memory, but Matthew was written with some details

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<v Speaker 2>that the others left out.

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<v Speaker 1>See when you read Luke.

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<v Speaker 2>Chapter seven, it says John's disciples told him about all

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<v Speaker 2>these things and calling two of them he had questions,

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<v Speaker 2>he had confusions, and yes, one of the most powerful

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<v Speaker 2>men in scripture had doubts, doubt, doubt. I need to

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<v Speaker 2>say this every couple months just to make sure you

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<v Speaker 2>know if you have doubts and come to this church, we.

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<v Speaker 1>Won't kick you out.

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<v Speaker 2>In some churches, they will make you feel like you

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<v Speaker 2>don't belong if you're having trouble believing.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't understand that.

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<v Speaker 2>I definitely don't understand it because I know how much

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<v Speaker 2>doubt there is out there that people are just pressing

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<v Speaker 2>down and not talking about. The number one rule in

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<v Speaker 2>churches don't have doubt. And number two rule is if

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<v Speaker 2>you do, don't say it out loud. But the number

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<v Speaker 2>one rule in this church is bring it to Jesus.

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<v Speaker 2>Bring it to Jesus. Can we give John a hand?

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<v Speaker 2>Can we give him a hand. Instead of judging John

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<v Speaker 2>that he had doubts. Notice what he did, Luke, Chapter seven,

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<v Speaker 2>verse nineteen. He sent them to the Lord to ask. See,

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<v Speaker 2>that's all you've really got to do with your doubts.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't try to press them down or get them out,

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<v Speaker 2>or shake them out or PRAYM will just take.

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<v Speaker 1>Them to the Lord. Tech somebody say, take it to

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<v Speaker 1>the Lord.

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<v Speaker 2>Take it to the Lord is so important in times

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<v Speaker 2>of doubt. Whether you are doubting your faith, whether you

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<v Speaker 2>are doubting your future, whether you are doubting yourself, whether

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<v Speaker 2>you are doubting your decision. It is very important in

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<v Speaker 2>your times of doubt that you shrink your circle and

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<v Speaker 2>only talk to people about your doubts who are the

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<v Speaker 2>Lord or who will take them to the Lord with you.

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<v Speaker 2>I need to say that again, because if you start

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<v Speaker 2>talking too much about doubt with people who don't have

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<v Speaker 2>any faith themselves and won't agree with you, it won't

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<v Speaker 2>be long before they will talk you out of believing altogether.

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<v Speaker 2>But I need some people in my life that I

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<v Speaker 2>can talk to and I can say I'm struggling with

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<v Speaker 2>something right now.

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<v Speaker 1>Will you believe with.

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<v Speaker 2>Me that I can get my act together before I

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<v Speaker 2>blow my life up.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm having a lot of shame right now. I'm in

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<v Speaker 1>some patterns right now.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't even like them, but I can't break them.

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<v Speaker 1>Would you pray with me about this?

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<v Speaker 2>Because I don't want to leave my wife and kids,

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<v Speaker 2>but I keep feeling like I don't want to come home,

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<v Speaker 2>and maybe I.

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<v Speaker 1>Can't keep doing this.

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<v Speaker 2>I need some people in my life who will help

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<v Speaker 2>me take my doubts to the Lord. What a friend

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<v Speaker 2>we have in Jesus, all our sin and grief to bear.

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<v Speaker 2>What a privilege to care everything to God in prayer.

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<v Speaker 2>He didn't just ask his disciples, do you think he's

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<v Speaker 2>the one? He said, go ask Jesus directly and ask

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<v Speaker 2>the Lord directly?

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<v Speaker 1>Did I get it wrong? I thought you were the

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<v Speaker 1>one when I baptized you and gave up my ministry

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<v Speaker 1>to follow you.

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<v Speaker 2>But did I get it wrong? Why would you wonder that?

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<v Speaker 2>When you're hearing things so wonderful? And brother Matthew steps

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<v Speaker 2>in to give one little detail that may help us

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<v Speaker 2>to understand.

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<v Speaker 1>In Matthew eleven, Matthew.

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<v Speaker 2>Includes something in his account that Luke left out Matthew eleven,

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<v Speaker 2>verse two, When John, who was in prison heard about

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<v Speaker 2>the deeds of the Messiah. He sent his disciples to

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<v Speaker 2>ask him, are you the one who is to come?

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<v Speaker 2>Or should we expect someone else? Luke tells you what

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<v Speaker 2>he asked, Are you the one? Matthew tells where he

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<v Speaker 2>asked it from prison?

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<v Speaker 1>And now I understand something.

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<v Speaker 2>You can't understand my doubt if you don't understand my dungeon.

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<v Speaker 2>This prison was built by Herod and it was built

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<v Speaker 2>on a mountain cliff.

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<v Speaker 1>And on one.

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<v Speaker 2>Side of the property you had the palace where all

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<v Speaker 2>the parties would happen. And then beneath the palace, carved

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<v Speaker 2>into the cliff, you had a prison. John was a

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<v Speaker 2>desert preacher. He wasn't used to dungeons. He was used

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<v Speaker 2>to open air. And before you judge him for being

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<v Speaker 2>in prison, he was there for preaching.

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<v Speaker 1>Sometimes you're wrong because you've sinned.

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<v Speaker 2>Sometimes you end up in a tight space because you

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<v Speaker 2>did something wrong, and hey, there's grace for you there

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<v Speaker 2>when you get it wrong and God shows you that

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<v Speaker 2>you're wrong. By the way, learn to look for God's

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<v Speaker 2>warnings in your life as blessings, not curses. When I

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<v Speaker 2>drive my car and I'm backing it up. Sometimes it

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<v Speaker 2>starts to beep at me, and it kind of annoys

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<v Speaker 2>me that it beeps, But I'm glad that it beeps

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<v Speaker 2>because the beep means that I'm about to back up

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<v Speaker 2>into something. And even if it's annoying, I don't want

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<v Speaker 2>it to go away because it is telling me, hey,

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<v Speaker 2>you might want to slow down. And the faster it beeps,

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<v Speaker 2>the more it means that you need to pay attention

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<v Speaker 2>because there is something, there's something. Touch somebody and say

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<v Speaker 2>the beep is a blessing. That's what I'm trying to say.

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<v Speaker 2>The beep is a blessing. When God's spirit convicts you

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<v Speaker 2>of something in your life, that's a blessing, just like

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<v Speaker 2>when He comforts you. When God starts beeping and says,

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<v Speaker 2>don't text them back, When God starts talking to you

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<v Speaker 2>and says you better block them real quick. When God

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<v Speaker 2>starts talking and says, you know, you can't watch seven

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<v Speaker 2>hours of that and then.

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<v Speaker 1>Pray for peace.

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<v Speaker 2>They're all running around on the screen. Everybody's having sex

0:25:07.720 --> 0:25:10.120
<v Speaker 2>with everybody. If they're not having sex with them, they're

0:25:10.200 --> 0:25:12.560
<v Speaker 2>killing them. If they're not killing them, they're cussing them out.

0:25:12.720 --> 0:25:13.800
<v Speaker 1>If they're not costing them out.

0:25:13.960 --> 0:25:17.040
<v Speaker 2>You can't watch seven hours of that and then pray

0:25:17.080 --> 0:25:19.600
<v Speaker 2>for peace. God will say, be back up off of that.

0:25:19.880 --> 0:25:22.680
<v Speaker 2>You don't need all of that. That is not condemnation.

0:25:22.800 --> 0:25:25.520
<v Speaker 2>That is the kindness of God that leads me to

0:25:25.640 --> 0:25:28.720
<v Speaker 2>repent us. And when God shows you something that's wrong

0:25:28.800 --> 0:25:31.040
<v Speaker 2>in your life. I don't know this is four, but

0:25:31.119 --> 0:25:40.840
<v Speaker 2>there's two things. You can repent and redeem. Repent and redeem.

0:25:41.000 --> 0:25:44.000
<v Speaker 2>When God shows you something wrong, Hey, you were harsh.

0:25:44.040 --> 0:25:48.200
<v Speaker 1>How you talk to them? You can repent and redeem.

0:25:48.600 --> 0:25:50.320
<v Speaker 2>You can even open up a door to have another

0:25:50.359 --> 0:25:53.359
<v Speaker 2>conversation about it. When God shows you something, When God

0:25:53.440 --> 0:25:56.120
<v Speaker 2>shows you something that he wants you to change. When

0:25:56.160 --> 0:25:59.920
<v Speaker 2>God says, hey, you got that wrong, God will always

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<v Speaker 2>show you where to repent with the goal of redemption.

0:26:05.080 --> 0:26:09.760
<v Speaker 2>That's the difference between God and Satan. God will take

0:26:09.760 --> 0:26:12.840
<v Speaker 2>you through things and show you what's wrong through reflection.

0:26:13.400 --> 0:26:16.600
<v Speaker 2>That's his tool to bring you to repentance. Repentance is

0:26:16.600 --> 0:26:19.040
<v Speaker 2>his tool to bring you to redemption so that he

0:26:19.080 --> 0:26:21.320
<v Speaker 2>can take what the enemy meant for evil and use

0:26:21.359 --> 0:26:26.240
<v Speaker 2>it for good. The enemy doesn't use reflection. The enemy

0:26:26.359 --> 0:26:30.440
<v Speaker 2>uses regret. That's his weapon and he wants to show

0:26:30.480 --> 0:26:31.720
<v Speaker 2>you not only was it.

0:26:31.680 --> 0:26:33.560
<v Speaker 1>Wrong, but you're wrong.

0:26:34.560 --> 0:26:37.879
<v Speaker 2>In the case of John, he has done nothing wrong,

0:26:38.200 --> 0:26:43.800
<v Speaker 2>only righteous. And Matthew says he was in prison and

0:26:43.840 --> 0:26:48.639
<v Speaker 2>when he heard from prison about the deeds of the Messiah,

0:26:49.040 --> 0:26:53.639
<v Speaker 2>he said, are you the one? Or should we expect

0:26:53.640 --> 0:26:55.840
<v Speaker 2>somewhere else? You know what I think, Church, look at me.

0:26:57.960 --> 0:27:01.400
<v Speaker 2>I think he had been isolated so long. I think

0:27:01.440 --> 0:27:07.359
<v Speaker 2>the prison walls had started to talk to him. I

0:27:07.400 --> 0:27:10.040
<v Speaker 2>think it was clear to him who Jesus was in

0:27:10.119 --> 0:27:16.199
<v Speaker 2>the Jordan, but it was cloudy in the jail. You

0:27:16.280 --> 0:27:18.440
<v Speaker 2>ever had something that was clear to you in one

0:27:18.480 --> 0:27:22.399
<v Speaker 2>moment and cloudy in the next.

0:27:22.520 --> 0:27:23.399
<v Speaker 1>That's John.

0:27:24.760 --> 0:27:29.320
<v Speaker 2>And he's doubting, but he's in a dungeon. And sometimes

0:27:29.359 --> 0:27:32.800
<v Speaker 2>you will judge someone for doubting, but you don't understand

0:27:32.800 --> 0:27:37.520
<v Speaker 2>their dungeon. Yes, Lord, I will preach it to three people,

0:27:38.480 --> 0:27:41.800
<v Speaker 2>three people, because it's hard for me to believe what

0:27:41.840 --> 0:27:45.360
<v Speaker 2>you're saying. When I'm facing bankruptcy and you're saying, Gira,

0:27:45.720 --> 0:27:48.760
<v Speaker 2>you are enough. Jira needs to help me pay off

0:27:48.800 --> 0:27:52.280
<v Speaker 2>my light bill and my gas bill and then it'll

0:27:52.320 --> 0:27:54.560
<v Speaker 2>be enough. It is hard for me to hear you

0:27:54.640 --> 0:27:57.800
<v Speaker 2>talk about second chances. It's even hard for me to

0:27:57.880 --> 0:28:00.359
<v Speaker 2>hear you talk about college when we're trying to have

0:28:00.400 --> 0:28:02.959
<v Speaker 2>a kid, and we've been trying seven years and we

0:28:03.040 --> 0:28:05.040
<v Speaker 2>can't have one. So the truth of the matter is

0:28:05.400 --> 0:28:09.280
<v Speaker 2>you are hearing my declaration through the filter of your dungeon,

0:28:10.720 --> 0:28:13.080
<v Speaker 2>and it can be hard for you to believe, not

0:28:13.320 --> 0:28:15.040
<v Speaker 2>because that you doubt.

0:28:14.720 --> 0:28:15.760
<v Speaker 1>What God can do.

0:28:17.320 --> 0:28:21.800
<v Speaker 2>They were telling him, Jesus is raising the dead, Jesus

0:28:21.840 --> 0:28:23.159
<v Speaker 2>is opening the eyes.

0:28:22.920 --> 0:28:23.480
<v Speaker 3>Of the blood.

0:28:23.840 --> 0:28:24.960
<v Speaker 1>He is doing.

0:28:24.800 --> 0:28:28.439
<v Speaker 2>Miracles and it's amazing. It's not that you doubt what

0:28:28.600 --> 0:28:31.080
<v Speaker 2>God can do. You are wondering why won't He do

0:28:31.119 --> 0:28:35.320
<v Speaker 2>it for you? And this is the tension when I

0:28:35.400 --> 0:28:37.480
<v Speaker 2>say I know that voice, it.

0:28:37.520 --> 0:28:39.600
<v Speaker 1>Is that I heard their testimony.

0:28:40.040 --> 0:28:43.240
<v Speaker 2>But I'm going through my tests and I am hearing

0:28:43.280 --> 0:28:45.600
<v Speaker 2>the party on the hill, But I am not in

0:28:45.720 --> 0:28:48.720
<v Speaker 2>the party in the palace. I'm down here underneath that.

0:28:49.080 --> 0:28:52.600
<v Speaker 2>I'm still trying to recover. I'm still trying to remend

0:28:52.600 --> 0:28:55.680
<v Speaker 2>my relationship with my own daughter. I'm still trying to

0:28:55.720 --> 0:28:57.960
<v Speaker 2>heal from things that happened seven years ago.

0:28:58.360 --> 0:29:01.240
<v Speaker 1>I'm in a dungeon dealing with my doubts.

0:29:01.280 --> 0:29:04.640
<v Speaker 2>So if that is you today and I cannot predict

0:29:04.640 --> 0:29:07.200
<v Speaker 2>who this message might be for, but I want to

0:29:07.240 --> 0:29:09.320
<v Speaker 2>give you three points, and the first one is this,

0:29:10.000 --> 0:29:12.240
<v Speaker 2>Listen to him, not the prison.

0:29:13.680 --> 0:29:16.120
<v Speaker 1>Listen to him not the prison.

0:29:17.760 --> 0:29:20.440
<v Speaker 2>Johnson his disciples to ask, are you the one?

0:29:21.400 --> 0:29:24.480
<v Speaker 1>Or should we look for someone else? And he did

0:29:24.480 --> 0:29:25.040
<v Speaker 1>the right thing.

0:29:25.120 --> 0:29:27.840
<v Speaker 2>You know, because when you try to make sense of

0:29:27.880 --> 0:29:29.840
<v Speaker 2>your situation and isolation.

0:29:29.440 --> 0:29:33.000
<v Speaker 1>You always come to the wrong conclusion. Have you been

0:29:33.080 --> 0:29:35.520
<v Speaker 1>doing that lately? Wave a pinky at me.

0:29:38.920 --> 0:29:42.200
<v Speaker 2>This is when you start letting your situation tell you

0:29:42.720 --> 0:29:46.880
<v Speaker 2>that what you see is all there is. I'm in

0:29:46.920 --> 0:29:51.160
<v Speaker 2>this prison, what you see is all there is. I'm

0:29:51.200 --> 0:29:53.640
<v Speaker 2>alone again on a Friday night. All my friends are

0:29:53.680 --> 0:29:56.160
<v Speaker 2>at the party. What you see is all there is.

0:29:57.240 --> 0:29:59.440
<v Speaker 2>I serve that company for eight years and they just

0:29:59.600 --> 0:30:07.680
<v Speaker 2>let me go. Claude took my job, and now I'm

0:30:07.720 --> 0:30:11.600
<v Speaker 2>out here with no education, and what I see is

0:30:11.600 --> 0:30:15.479
<v Speaker 2>all there is. This is where it's so important that

0:30:15.520 --> 0:30:18.640
<v Speaker 2>you know that voice, yeah, because if you listen to

0:30:18.680 --> 0:30:26.600
<v Speaker 2>your prison in these moments, your faith will die. John

0:30:26.640 --> 0:30:30.960
<v Speaker 2>told his disciples, I've been listening to this prison long enough.

0:30:31.800 --> 0:30:35.280
<v Speaker 1>Go ask Jesus. Hears the spirit of the Lord saying,

0:30:35.280 --> 0:30:38.520
<v Speaker 1>go ask Jesus. He knows the plans he has for you,

0:30:39.520 --> 0:30:42.200
<v Speaker 1>plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to

0:30:42.240 --> 0:30:43.440
<v Speaker 1>give you a hope in the future.

0:30:44.240 --> 0:30:47.680
<v Speaker 2>Go ask Jesus. Don't ask your emotions. If God is

0:30:47.720 --> 0:30:51.600
<v Speaker 2>still with you, your emotions will fluctuate. Your emotions fluctuate

0:30:51.640 --> 0:30:55.000
<v Speaker 2>with your blood sugar. You better go ask Jesus. Don't

0:30:55.000 --> 0:30:56.840
<v Speaker 2>even ask your friends what they think about it.

0:30:56.880 --> 0:30:59.240
<v Speaker 1>When it's really serious. You've got to.

0:30:59.240 --> 0:31:02.400
<v Speaker 2>Have friends, but you've got to have friends who can go.

0:31:02.440 --> 0:31:05.640
<v Speaker 1>With you to Jesus. What do you say about it? Lord,

0:31:05.960 --> 0:31:07.200
<v Speaker 1>I'm going to open my word.

0:31:07.280 --> 0:31:09.560
<v Speaker 2>Come on, I am not going to take what the

0:31:09.640 --> 0:31:12.400
<v Speaker 2>devil is telling me in this prison cell. I am

0:31:12.480 --> 0:31:15.320
<v Speaker 2>not going to believe every thought that I think. I

0:31:15.360 --> 0:31:18.600
<v Speaker 2>am not going to allow myself to believe that just

0:31:18.720 --> 0:31:22.720
<v Speaker 2>because I'm facing resistance, I did something wrong. Can I

0:31:22.840 --> 0:31:26.760
<v Speaker 2>preach about that We think that resistance means we did

0:31:26.800 --> 0:31:30.920
<v Speaker 2>something wrong, as if God speaks something and it's always easy.

0:31:31.400 --> 0:31:34.080
<v Speaker 2>The proof that God speaks it isn't that it's easy.

0:31:34.480 --> 0:31:37.760
<v Speaker 2>It's that He's with me when it gets hard. And

0:31:37.920 --> 0:31:42.560
<v Speaker 2>in fact, sometimes you face the biggest resistance when you

0:31:42.600 --> 0:31:44.920
<v Speaker 2>are in the most significant moments of your life.

0:31:45.640 --> 0:31:46.680
<v Speaker 1>I will prove it to you.

0:31:47.280 --> 0:31:49.840
<v Speaker 2>Last week, I've preached about Jesus in the storm. Do

0:31:49.880 --> 0:31:52.800
<v Speaker 2>you remember that and how he told the disciples to

0:31:52.800 --> 0:31:55.400
<v Speaker 2>get in the boat and go to the other side,

0:31:55.480 --> 0:31:58.800
<v Speaker 2>and he sent them into the wind. Don't you think

0:31:58.880 --> 0:32:02.040
<v Speaker 2>they felt that wind and thought maybe he didn't really

0:32:02.080 --> 0:32:05.480
<v Speaker 2>say go to the other side, maybe he didn't really

0:32:05.520 --> 0:32:08.600
<v Speaker 2>tell us to get in this boat. But actually the

0:32:08.640 --> 0:32:12.800
<v Speaker 2>wind was an indication that there was something so significant

0:32:13.040 --> 0:32:16.040
<v Speaker 2>on the other side of the storm that they had.

0:32:15.880 --> 0:32:16.440
<v Speaker 1>To get to.

0:32:17.360 --> 0:32:23.120
<v Speaker 2>Because resistance is an indication of significance. Let me break

0:32:23.160 --> 0:32:26.200
<v Speaker 2>it down to the smallest level. If a neighbor that

0:32:26.320 --> 0:32:30.600
<v Speaker 2>lives next door to me steals my WiFi, I'm not

0:32:30.640 --> 0:32:33.200
<v Speaker 2>going to resist it. I'm not going to even say

0:32:33.200 --> 0:32:34.040
<v Speaker 2>anything about it.

0:32:34.440 --> 0:32:37.960
<v Speaker 1>That is not a battle worth fighting. It's just my WiFi.

0:32:38.480 --> 0:32:41.560
<v Speaker 2>If they jump on my wifi's signal, I'll probably let

0:32:41.600 --> 0:32:41.880
<v Speaker 2>it go.

0:32:42.240 --> 0:32:43.720
<v Speaker 1>I won't resist it at all.

0:32:43.880 --> 0:32:53.000
<v Speaker 2>If they steal my WiFi, if they steal my wife.

0:32:50.200 --> 0:32:54.600
<v Speaker 1>That's different than my WiFi. Because now we have got

0:32:54.600 --> 0:32:57.880
<v Speaker 1>to access a different part of my anointing.

0:32:58.280 --> 0:33:01.000
<v Speaker 2>And this part of my anointing is the praying part.

0:33:01.400 --> 0:33:05.040
<v Speaker 2>This is the laying on of hands part because you

0:33:05.120 --> 0:33:09.840
<v Speaker 2>can have my WiFi. But my wife is important to

0:33:09.880 --> 0:33:13.800
<v Speaker 2>me and that's worth fighting for. And you can tell

0:33:13.840 --> 0:33:18.000
<v Speaker 2>what's significant to me by what I resist. Has the

0:33:18.120 --> 0:33:22.240
<v Speaker 2>enemy been resisting you? I suggest to you that it

0:33:22.440 --> 0:33:25.920
<v Speaker 2>may be that the favor of God is so strong

0:33:26.040 --> 0:33:28.920
<v Speaker 2>on your life that the enemy knows he has to

0:33:28.960 --> 0:33:32.760
<v Speaker 2>fight you lest you get through this and do something significant.

0:33:35.960 --> 0:33:40.760
<v Speaker 2>I fight for you, girl. She left me this week.

0:33:40.800 --> 0:33:45.240
<v Speaker 2>She just got back from Tanzania. Why are y'all cheer?

0:33:45.280 --> 0:33:48.480
<v Speaker 2>And I was almost I was, I was. I was

0:33:48.520 --> 0:33:51.000
<v Speaker 2>almost through every pack of Ramen noodles I can find

0:33:51.000 --> 0:33:54.280
<v Speaker 2>at the grocery store when she got back. I'll fight

0:33:54.320 --> 0:33:59.840
<v Speaker 2>for my wife because it's the most significant relationship I have.

0:34:00.400 --> 0:34:03.200
<v Speaker 2>And here is John in prison, and I imagine he

0:34:03.280 --> 0:34:05.920
<v Speaker 2>feels like some of us. And the prison walls are saying,

0:34:06.280 --> 0:34:09.080
<v Speaker 2>why is everybody else getting to see the miracles? Why

0:34:09.160 --> 0:34:12.680
<v Speaker 2>is everybody else getting married? Why is everybody else having babies?

0:34:12.920 --> 0:34:16.160
<v Speaker 2>Why is everybody else praising God for their testimony? Why

0:34:16.200 --> 0:34:18.680
<v Speaker 2>did their kids come back home to God and yours didn't?

0:34:19.040 --> 0:34:21.200
<v Speaker 2>Why have they been three years sober and you can't

0:34:21.200 --> 0:34:24.360
<v Speaker 2>make three months? Why has the fight been so strong?

0:34:24.719 --> 0:34:28.480
<v Speaker 2>God hasn't forgotten you, He's favored you. The hand of

0:34:28.600 --> 0:34:32.920
<v Speaker 2>God has always been on your life and is still

0:34:32.960 --> 0:34:36.080
<v Speaker 2>on your life. And I don't listen to prisons.

0:34:36.480 --> 0:34:42.680
<v Speaker 1>I listen to him. How are we doing?

0:34:42.680 --> 0:34:47.160
<v Speaker 2>We're doing all right? Listen to him. What does the

0:34:47.239 --> 0:34:50.920
<v Speaker 2>Lord say? What does he speak about my situation? But

0:34:51.000 --> 0:34:53.799
<v Speaker 2>it's not only John's situation that we've got to understand.

0:34:53.920 --> 0:34:57.960
<v Speaker 1>It's his expectations. It's his expectations.

0:35:00.239 --> 0:35:04.840
<v Speaker 2>See, John was raised in a belief system that said,

0:35:05.200 --> 0:35:11.280
<v Speaker 2>when Messiah comes, he is going to judge our enemies

0:35:12.320 --> 0:35:18.160
<v Speaker 2>and free our people. So here comes Jesus. You got

0:35:18.200 --> 0:35:21.080
<v Speaker 2>to remember John and Jesus had a special relationship. The

0:35:21.120 --> 0:35:25.800
<v Speaker 2>Bible actually says that when Elizabeth, John's mom was pregnant

0:35:25.840 --> 0:35:28.880
<v Speaker 2>and Mary, Jesus's mom, came to visit Elizabeth, her relative,

0:35:30.239 --> 0:35:36.359
<v Speaker 2>when Mary said hello to Elizabeth the baby in Elizabeth's womb,

0:35:36.480 --> 0:35:45.920
<v Speaker 2>John started jumping. John knew Jesus's voice before Jesus was born.

0:35:45.680 --> 0:35:52.640
<v Speaker 2>John started jumping just when Mary said hello. Jesus didn't

0:35:52.680 --> 0:35:56.040
<v Speaker 2>even say hello. Somebody who was carrying Jesus said hello.

0:35:59.080 --> 0:36:03.200
<v Speaker 2>John started jumping. John took a praise break in the

0:36:03.239 --> 0:36:06.239
<v Speaker 2>six month of his mother's pregnancy. When he heard that

0:36:06.360 --> 0:36:09.080
<v Speaker 2>Jesus is here, Jesus is here, Jesus is here, Jesus

0:36:09.120 --> 0:36:10.160
<v Speaker 2>is here, Jesus is here.

0:36:10.320 --> 0:36:12.879
<v Speaker 1>Jesus is here. Jesus is here, Jesus is here. Reach

0:36:12.960 --> 0:36:15.040
<v Speaker 1>out when people say Jesus is here, Jesus is here.

0:36:15.239 --> 0:36:16.959
<v Speaker 1>Jesus is here. Jesus is here.

0:36:17.080 --> 0:36:19.279
<v Speaker 2>And if you know him, it'll make something inside you

0:36:19.360 --> 0:36:22.279
<v Speaker 2>jump when he shows up. Huh, it'll make something inside you.

0:36:22.360 --> 0:36:25.600
<v Speaker 2>Get excited when he shows up. John was excited when

0:36:25.640 --> 0:36:29.320
<v Speaker 2>he saw Jesus, excited enough to say, look the lamb

0:36:29.360 --> 0:36:33.800
<v Speaker 2>of God who takes away the sins of the world.

0:36:33.840 --> 0:36:40.360
<v Speaker 1>But then Jesus starts to do his ministry.

0:36:41.480 --> 0:36:45.920
<v Speaker 2>And remember when John was announcing Jesus in the Jordan,

0:36:46.000 --> 0:36:48.800
<v Speaker 2>give me Matthew three verse twelve again, please, he said,

0:36:49.120 --> 0:36:53.239
<v Speaker 2>His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will

0:36:53.280 --> 0:36:57.080
<v Speaker 2>clear his threshing floor, gathering his weed into the barn

0:36:57.160 --> 0:37:00.279
<v Speaker 2>and burning up the chaff with unquenchable fire.

0:37:00.640 --> 0:37:08.080
<v Speaker 1>Yo. John's Jesus was coming with a fork where you

0:37:08.120 --> 0:37:09.279
<v Speaker 1>thresh the wheat.

0:37:09.520 --> 0:37:12.000
<v Speaker 2>And throw it up, and then let the chaff fall

0:37:12.000 --> 0:37:14.120
<v Speaker 2>off and burn in the fire. And John was like,

0:37:14.440 --> 0:37:16.560
<v Speaker 2>that's what Jesus is gonna do to all of you

0:37:16.600 --> 0:37:19.400
<v Speaker 2>who don't believe. You see that chaff in that fire.

0:37:19.680 --> 0:37:22.840
<v Speaker 2>You see that fork. My God is strong and mighty,

0:37:22.880 --> 0:37:25.200
<v Speaker 2>and he bought to burn you. Better turn or burn,

0:37:25.280 --> 0:37:28.160
<v Speaker 2>get right or get left, and get don't to bust

0:37:28.280 --> 0:37:31.799
<v Speaker 2>uss you cuss, don't discuss much. He's gonna burn you

0:37:31.920 --> 0:37:33.920
<v Speaker 2>up in the fire in the fork.

0:37:34.080 --> 0:37:36.719
<v Speaker 1>And then they come to John. They're like, John, it's amazing.

0:37:37.040 --> 0:37:39.080
<v Speaker 2>He's he's opening blind eyes.

0:37:40.680 --> 0:37:45.959
<v Speaker 1>John's like, that's nice, but what about the fork?

0:37:47.960 --> 0:37:51.280
<v Speaker 2>Yes, amazing, man, people who were never able to speak

0:37:51.520 --> 0:37:52.280
<v Speaker 2>are speaking.

0:37:52.360 --> 0:37:56.239
<v Speaker 1>He just loses there. Come in, they're speaking. It's amazing.

0:37:56.360 --> 0:37:59.440
<v Speaker 1>That's great. But the fire.

0:38:02.760 --> 0:38:06.960
<v Speaker 2>In fact, when they were coming back to John and

0:38:07.160 --> 0:38:09.640
<v Speaker 2>Jesus said, tell them that the blind see, and the

0:38:09.719 --> 0:38:13.399
<v Speaker 2>lame walk, and the mute speak, and the deaf here,

0:38:13.880 --> 0:38:16.520
<v Speaker 2>and the dead live, and the good news has preached.

0:38:16.239 --> 0:38:16.600
<v Speaker 1>To the poor.

0:38:16.800 --> 0:38:20.439
<v Speaker 2>He was quoting Isaiah thirty five and Isaiah sixty one.

0:38:21.280 --> 0:38:26.400
<v Speaker 2>So imagine you're John. Imagine you're John and you're expecting

0:38:26.400 --> 0:38:31.279
<v Speaker 2>a fork in a fire and you're in prison, and

0:38:31.320 --> 0:38:33.239
<v Speaker 2>they come to you and they're like, okay, we got

0:38:33.280 --> 0:38:34.280
<v Speaker 2>a message from Jesus.

0:38:34.360 --> 0:38:36.080
<v Speaker 1>We asked what you told us to ask him, are

0:38:36.120 --> 0:38:38.200
<v Speaker 1>you the one? And John's like, uhuh, what did he say?

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<v Speaker 2>And look at their their report they say, Okay, the

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<v Speaker 2>death here the mute speak, the lame walk, recovery of

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<v Speaker 2>sight to the blind, the dead live, the good news

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<v Speaker 2>has preached to the poor. Now John knows that Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>is quoting Isaiah sixty one the blind received sight.

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<v Speaker 1>Look at this in Isaiah sixty one.

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<v Speaker 2>The spirit of the sovereign Lord is on me because

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<v Speaker 2>the Lord has annointed me to proclaim good news to

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<v Speaker 2>the poor. Now I gotta slow down and show you this.

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<v Speaker 2>Go back please to Luke chapter seven, when they're telling

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<v Speaker 2>him what Jesus said, or when Jesus is telling them

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<v Speaker 2>the message to take back. Please, John the Baptist sent

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<v Speaker 2>us to ask you the one who is the comers?

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<v Speaker 2>Should we expect someone else? And then Jesus starts talking

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<v Speaker 2>to the messengers.

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<v Speaker 1>Next. First, please, Jesus at that very time was curing

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<v Speaker 1>many diseased, so he replied, we got to get on

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<v Speaker 1>the same page.

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<v Speaker 2>Here, go back and report to John what you have

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<v Speaker 2>seen and heard. The blind received site, the lame walk

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<v Speaker 2>those who have leprosy are cleansed.

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<v Speaker 1>This is Isaiah thirty five.

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<v Speaker 2>The deaf hear, the dead raised, and the good news

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<v Speaker 2>is proclaimed to the poor.

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<v Speaker 1>Go back to Isaiah sixty one.

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<v Speaker 2>See the spirit of the sovereign Lord is on me,

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<v Speaker 2>because the Lord has annoyed me to proclaim good news

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<v Speaker 2>to the poor. So John's like, go ask Jesus that

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<v Speaker 2>I said, are you the one? In other words, he's doubt.

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<v Speaker 2>In other words, are you going to do what I

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<v Speaker 2>expect you to do? So so they said, okay, he

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<v Speaker 2>said the blind the laying the da da da da da.

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<v Speaker 1>And he said that the good news has preached to

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<v Speaker 1>the poor. And John goes, oh, he's quoting Isaiah sixty one.

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<v Speaker 1>This is one of my favorite scriptures. The good news

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<v Speaker 1>is preached to the poor. And look what comes next.

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<v Speaker 2>He sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to

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<v Speaker 2>proclaim freedom for the captives.

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<v Speaker 1>And release from darkness for the prisoners.

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<v Speaker 2>So John sitting there, He's like, oh, he's about to

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<v Speaker 2>get to the park about freedom for the captives, which

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<v Speaker 2>means he's coming to get me. But what do you

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<v Speaker 2>do when God doesn't say the part you want him

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<v Speaker 2>to say? Because Luke Chapter seven says that Jesus said,

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<v Speaker 2>go tell John that the blind receives sight, the lame walk,

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<v Speaker 2>those who have leprosy or cleansed.

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<v Speaker 1>This is Luke seven twenty two.

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<v Speaker 2>The death here, the dead or race, and the good

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<v Speaker 2>news is proclaimed.

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<v Speaker 1>To the poor. And John's like, yeah, yeah, and bind

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<v Speaker 1>up the.

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<v Speaker 2>Broken heart and set the captors free. Right, But Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't say that part. What do you do when Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>leaves out the part that you wanted to hear the most,

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<v Speaker 2>because all he said is blessed is anyone who does

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<v Speaker 2>not stumble on account of me? In other words, John,

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<v Speaker 2>I need you to let go of your plan and

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<v Speaker 2>lock into my purpose. I need you to let go

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<v Speaker 2>of what you thought God's speaking to somebody today.

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<v Speaker 1>I need you to let go.

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<v Speaker 2>Of your plan and lock into God's purpose because I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not going to do what you wanted me to do.

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<v Speaker 2>I know you were waiting on a fork. I know

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<v Speaker 2>you were waiting on a fire. I know you were

0:41:50.960 --> 0:41:53.759
<v Speaker 2>waiting on freedom. I know you were waiting on all

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<v Speaker 2>of these things to happen. But John, I need you

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<v Speaker 2>to know that you are some one who is so

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<v Speaker 2>significant that I can trust you enough to leave you

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<v Speaker 2>in that situation. And I know that even if the

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<v Speaker 2>situation doesn't change, even if I don't come when you

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<v Speaker 2>want me to, even if I don't do what you

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<v Speaker 2>want me to, even if I don't answer your prayer

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<v Speaker 2>like I'm answering all of theirs, I know and believe

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<v Speaker 2>that you have the faith to remain even when you

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<v Speaker 2>don't see the release that you're praying for. And so

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<v Speaker 2>John is saying where's the fork, Where's the fire? And

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus is saying, where's the faith. I need you to

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<v Speaker 2>believe about me in this season of your life, that

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<v Speaker 2>I can still do what you knew I could do.

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<v Speaker 1>When you were jumping around before you were born.

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<v Speaker 2>Touch somebody say, I still believe it. I still believe it.

0:42:54.920 --> 0:42:58.399
<v Speaker 2>I still believe I still somebody shouted at the top

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<v Speaker 2>of your lungs, I.

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<v Speaker 1>Still believe where's the fork? You mocking me? I believe

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<v Speaker 1>this stuff. I believe every word of this is true.

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<v Speaker 1>I believe that.

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<v Speaker 2>God can do something even in a dungeon, that all

0:43:16.200 --> 0:43:19.240
<v Speaker 2>the world's powers could not do in a palace.

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<v Speaker 1>I still believe it. I still believe it.

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't get what I wanted when I wanted it,

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<v Speaker 2>but I still believe it. And then the Bible says

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<v Speaker 2>that he turned around to the crowd and begin to

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<v Speaker 2>say about John, what did you go into the wilderness

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<v Speaker 2>to see a reed swayed by the wind?

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<v Speaker 1>Now?

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<v Speaker 2>John, if not, what did you go out to see

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<v Speaker 2>a man dressed in fine clothes? No, those who wear

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<v Speaker 2>expensive clothes and indulge in luxury are in palaces. But

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<v Speaker 2>what did you go out to see a prophet? Yes,

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<v Speaker 2>I tell you, and more than a prophet.

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<v Speaker 1>Keep going. This is the one about whom it is written.

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<v Speaker 1>I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will

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<v Speaker 1>prepare you're wait before you hold that frame, hold that frame,

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<v Speaker 1>Hold that frame, hold that frame. This is the one.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you remember what Jesus said to John the death

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<v Speaker 2>here the blind see? Do you remember what John asked Jesus?

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<v Speaker 2>Are you the one?

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<v Speaker 1>Look what Jesus said about John? This is the one.

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<v Speaker 2>Here's what I'm trying to say. John stopped believing in Jesus.

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<v Speaker 2>But Jesus never stopped believing in John. And I good

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<v Speaker 2>to know that if I'm faithless, he remains faithful. And

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<v Speaker 2>by the way, John didn't stop believing long The Bible

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<v Speaker 2>records that he was actually willing to give his life

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<v Speaker 2>for Jesus in prison, even when they cut his head off.

0:44:57.520 --> 0:44:59.600
<v Speaker 2>He didn't turn back from what he knew was right.

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<v Speaker 2>That's the kind of faith John had. So Jesus said,

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<v Speaker 2>let me tell you about John, because some people think,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, if.

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<v Speaker 1>You have great faith, God will always give you everything

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<v Speaker 1>you want.

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<v Speaker 2>That's one version, but another version says. Another version says

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<v Speaker 2>that God knows that you have the kind of faith

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<v Speaker 2>that can remain and stay and believe and trust even

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<v Speaker 2>if he doesn't meet your expectations. In human relationships, when

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<v Speaker 2>an expectation isn't met, one of two things happen.

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<v Speaker 1>One is it gets filled in that gap and it

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<v Speaker 1>gets filled with grace. You know, hey, you didn't meet

0:45:45.480 --> 0:45:49.279
<v Speaker 1>my expectations, but I understand. The other is it gets

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<v Speaker 1>filled with a grudge. Do you have a grudge against

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<v Speaker 1>God that you haven't mentioned in your heart right now?

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<v Speaker 1>From what he didn't do for you that he wanted

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<v Speaker 1>you wanted him to do.

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<v Speaker 2>He said, I trust John enough that I can give

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<v Speaker 2>him my word and that will be enough.

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<v Speaker 1>What a beautiful story.

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<v Speaker 2>I used to think this was the worst prison story

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<v Speaker 2>in the Bible because in Acts chapter sixteen, they sing

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<v Speaker 2>at midnight and the chains come loose and everybody gets free.

0:46:20.800 --> 0:46:22.840
<v Speaker 2>I used to think that Joseph was in prison and

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<v Speaker 2>then he got out of prison because he interpreted a dream.

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<v Speaker 1>I thought that was amazing.

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<v Speaker 2>I thought that when Peter was in prison and the

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<v Speaker 2>angel came and broke his chains off and got him.

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<v Speaker 1>Out, I thought it was amazing.

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<v Speaker 2>But you know what I think was even more amazing

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<v Speaker 2>to me to encourage my faith is that John never

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<v Speaker 2>got out of prison, but his faith never left either,

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<v Speaker 2>even though he doubted.

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<v Speaker 1>You doubt, that's good. Doubt is just a door.

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<v Speaker 2>Doubt is a door that God can come through and

0:46:53.719 --> 0:46:55.040
<v Speaker 2>take you deeper in your faith.

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<v Speaker 1>That's all right. But just John, just John, don't fall away.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't fall away.

0:47:02.600 --> 0:47:06.920
<v Speaker 2>Keep trusting that he is enough even when he doesn't

0:47:06.960 --> 0:47:09.080
<v Speaker 2>do the stuff that you want him to do.

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<v Speaker 1>Because I have learned in my life that it is

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<v Speaker 1>the moments when God does not do what I wanted.

0:47:20.880 --> 0:47:26.239
<v Speaker 2>That my faith really has a chance to demonstrate. With

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<v Speaker 2>your heads bowed and your eyes closed all over this auditorium,

0:47:30.920 --> 0:47:34.440
<v Speaker 2>I have a message today for somebody who thinks I

0:47:34.520 --> 0:47:38.840
<v Speaker 2>got it wrong. You know, God never looks at you

0:47:39.040 --> 0:47:43.680
<v Speaker 2>and thinks, what if I chose the wrong person. Even

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<v Speaker 2>when John was doubting, God still knew.

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<v Speaker 1>That's my man, that's my profit. I can trust him enough. Father.

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<v Speaker 1>My prayer for your people today is that they would

0:47:58.280 --> 0:48:02.880
<v Speaker 1>trust you an that when you do not do the

0:48:02.880 --> 0:48:05.520
<v Speaker 1>thing that they most wanted you to do. And I know, Lord,

0:48:05.760 --> 0:48:06.520
<v Speaker 1>I can feel it.

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<v Speaker 2>Even in this message is a part of me that

0:48:08.760 --> 0:48:10.960
<v Speaker 2>wants to preach. And God's gonna get you out of this.

0:48:11.200 --> 0:48:13.759
<v Speaker 2>And God's gonna come and open the prison doors. And

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<v Speaker 2>I pray that you will do that. But sometimes, God,

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<v Speaker 2>when you allow us to stay in the situation that

0:48:19.000 --> 0:48:23.200
<v Speaker 2>we're in, I believe there is a greater revelation that

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<v Speaker 2>you want to give. So show yourself strong, God, show

0:48:28.160 --> 0:48:31.960
<v Speaker 2>yourself mighty on behalf of your people. Show them a

0:48:32.080 --> 0:48:34.920
<v Speaker 2>level of trust, Show them that you are enough for

0:48:35.040 --> 0:48:36.840
<v Speaker 2>their unmet needs.

0:48:37.080 --> 0:48:40.239
<v Speaker 1>Show them that you are still enough even when they

0:48:40.280 --> 0:48:47.720
<v Speaker 1>feel like they are not. Father.

0:48:49.800 --> 0:48:52.839
<v Speaker 2>Maybe we have the faith like John to say I

0:48:52.920 --> 0:49:00.200
<v Speaker 2>must decrease, you must increase. Everybody stand to your feet

0:49:00.280 --> 0:49:03.200
<v Speaker 2>song that we sing that I want you to sing

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<v Speaker 2>a little differently after hearing this message today, it says

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<v Speaker 2>I trust in God, my savior, the one who will

0:49:13.120 --> 0:49:16.600
<v Speaker 2>never fail. Hey, the fact that he will never fail

0:49:16.640 --> 0:49:18.640
<v Speaker 2>doesn't mean that he always does what I want.

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<v Speaker 1>It means that he promises to be with me right

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<v Speaker 1>in the middle of it. Clap your hands if you

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<v Speaker 1>believe that.

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<v Speaker 5>Put a phrase on this message, and now would you

0:49:36.080 --> 0:49:38.719
<v Speaker 5>lift both of your hands like you're just saying to

0:49:38.800 --> 0:49:39.280
<v Speaker 5>your father.

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<v Speaker 2>I believe that you're the one who will never fail.

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<v Speaker 2>You cannot fail, you cannot lie. Say this, God, I

0:49:50.760 --> 0:49:55.279
<v Speaker 2>know you got me, and I trust you, and I

0:49:55.400 --> 0:50:00.919
<v Speaker 2>trust your timing, and I know your voice, trust your name.

0:50:02.200 --> 0:50:04.040
<v Speaker 2>Can we sing a few lines of that? I trust

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<v Speaker 2>in God, my savior.

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<v Speaker 6>Trust him God, My say, you're the one, Oh yeah,

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<v Speaker 6>who will never.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, Lord, he will never fail. I trusting God.

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<v Speaker 4>I savedio one wiver, he will ever face.

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<v Speaker 3>I gotta God. Trust in God.

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<v Speaker 4>He's my sayrd one.

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<v Speaker 3>Who will I trust in God? He will live with it.

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<v Speaker 1>So God, I still believe you.

0:51:27.880 --> 0:51:30.200
<v Speaker 2>I believe you're a shepherd who walks with me through

0:51:30.239 --> 0:51:35.279
<v Speaker 2>the valley. Yes, God, somebody say, amen, I still believe you.

0:51:35.960 --> 0:51:37.319
<v Speaker 1>I believe that, even though you.

0:51:37.360 --> 0:51:40.920
<v Speaker 2>Did not meet my expectations, you are worthy of my trust.

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<v Speaker 1>I still believe you.

0:51:43.480 --> 0:51:46.200
<v Speaker 2>I might be going through a medical diagnosis, but I

0:51:46.320 --> 0:51:47.239
<v Speaker 2>still believe you.

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<v Speaker 1>No matter what do doctor say.

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<v Speaker 2>I know the doctor that made the doctor that made

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<v Speaker 2>the doctor.

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<v Speaker 1>I trust in God.

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<v Speaker 2>Somebody's saying, I trust in.

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<v Speaker 3>God as I'm waiting.

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<v Speaker 1>I choose to worship as I'm questioning.

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<v Speaker 3>Our truce is to trust.

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<v Speaker 1>I trust in God's I trusted his word. I'm trusting

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<v Speaker 1>his promise.

0:52:12.440 --> 0:52:16.240
<v Speaker 3>I'm trusting your name. I trusting what's his saying.

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<v Speaker 1>God, You're true and.

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<v Speaker 3>Every man is a liar. I'm trust in God, trusting

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<v Speaker 3>God my sad. Come on, let's trustify the ever mark

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<v Speaker 3>I'm sought love.

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<v Speaker 1>In.

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<v Speaker 3>Look at you. Trust in God's fact, that's.

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<v Speaker 1>Ever.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you for joining us. Special thanks to those of

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0:53:36.560 --> 0:53:39.440
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